How can creative thinking be enhanced?

There are many strategies which help in enchancing creative thinking. These are as follows:

(i) Originality: Originality can be developed by practicing fluency, flexibility, habit of associative thinking, exploring linkages, and fusing distinct or remote ideas.

(ii) Use of Imagination: Engaging more frequently in activities which require use of imagination and original thinking rather than routine work according to interest and hobbies.

(iii) Not to accept initial ideas: Never accepting the first ideas or solution. Many ideas die because we reject them thinking that the idea might be a silly idea i.e. we have to first generate a number of possible ideas or solutions, then select the best from among them.

(iv) Getting feedback: Getting a feedback on the solutions we decide one from others who are less personally involved in the task.

(v) Chance to Incubate: Giving ideas the chance to incubate. Allowing time for incubation between production of ideas and the stage of evaluation of ideas, may bring in the ‘Aha!’ experience.

(vi) Diagram thinking: Sometimes ideas cluster like branches of a tree. It is useful to diagram our thinking so that we can follow each possible branch to its completion.

(vii) Developing independent thinking: Developing independent thinking in making judgements, figuring out things without any help or resources.

(viii) Self confident: To be self-confident and positive. Never undermine to your creative potential. To experience the joy of your creation.